I’ll tell you what, every time I look at an article about T-Model Ford, there is a classic quote from the octogenarian blues man. This one from the Chicago Sun Times.
“I was plowing behind a mule when I was 6. I worked the saw mill, picked cotton, done some kind of every kind of work [...]

I found these bits about blues man, T-Model Ford, at Alternative Reel.
‘I play the blues . . . I don’t ever get the blues. After my sister died I prayed to God to please let me live like a tree. Tree don’t care if them other trees is dyin’. Tree don’t care about nothin’ . [...]